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Fri, 05 Jun 2020 06:32:34 GMT2020-06-05T06:32:34ZOverlapping of ESP/EAP and content courses revisitedhttp://hdl.handle.net/10553/11206
Title: Overlapping of ESP/EAP and content courses revisited
Authors: González Ardero, Joseba M.
Abstract: This paper deals with some key issues in a controversial topic, that of the existing overlapping between ESP/EAP courses and simultaneously-run content courses. Some examples are provided and analyzed to be aware of the need of ESP/EAP practitioners to have a fairly deep knowledge of those technical matters they have to deal with in order to be as genuinely communicative as possible. Later on, a list of principles for designing successful ESP/EAP courses is presented and justified. After putting into practice a communicative approach founded on those principles for a period of five years, the opinion of those students who have taken two ESP/EAP courses was gathered –an ad hoc questionnaire was developed for the purpose–. data are analyzed to hypothesize the long-run correlation between applying the above mentioned principles and the positive opinion of students on their teachers when those principles are applied at university level.Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10553/112062012-01-01T00:00:00ZUso de las nuevas tecnologías en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjerashttp://hdl.handle.net/10553/11205
Title: Uso de las nuevas tecnologías en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras
Authors: Juan González, Pilar de
Abstract: This paper looks at the ever-growing influence of new technologies on the process of teaching and learning foreign languages. An analysis is made of the main tools currently used by language teachers, both general tools, such as blogs and wikis, and tools designed specifically for teaching. There is also a study of the most important authoring systems, on the one hand, and of the computer applications used to create interactive materials for didactic purposes, on the other. The paper then scans academic articles published in journals and comments on the results achieved with the use of those tools. These results are, in most cases, highly positive. Finally, there is a review of published studies dealing with so-called computer-mediated communication, focusing on the effect it has on the process of learning a foreign language.Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10553/112052012-01-01T00:00:00ZLa producción lingüística en el aprendizaje de inglés como lengua extranjera: el metalenguajehttp://hdl.handle.net/10553/11204
Title: La producción lingüística en el aprendizaje de inglés como lengua extranjera: el metalenguaje
Authors: Arnaiz Castro, Patricia
Abstract: This case study presents evidence of the different ways in which metalanguage can appear in the foreign language (FL) classroom and of the benefits that interactions including reflection upon language can provide to language learning in a group of 4º ESO students. The roles played by output and metalanguage in the second language (L2) learning process has been examined by many studies (Gass and Mackey, 2007; Lyster and Ranta, 1997; Lyster & Saito, 2010; Swain, 1995, 2000; Swain and Lapkin, 1998). The data presented here correspond to an analysis of the language related episodes (LRE) found in the big group and the small group interactions that took place in the 21 sessions observed. To solve their linguistic problems, students resorted to both their mother tongue (L1) and the FL with the aim of completing the assigned task. The episodes collected show how the use of language activates certain mental processes and consequently represents an occasion for learning. The results obtained confirm the benefits of increasing the frequency with which students use the FL in class.Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10553/112042012-01-01T00:00:00ZLos medios de comunicación y la enseñanza de valores interculturales: una aproximación didáctica a los valores reflejados en los sitcomshttp://hdl.handle.net/10553/11203
Title: Los medios de comunicación y la enseñanza de valores interculturales: una aproximación didáctica a los valores reflejados en los sitcoms
Authors: Larrea Espinar, Ángela Mª; Raigón Rodríguez, Antonio
Abstract: With the turn of the century we have seen a string of political and cultural changes that have had a deep impact on economy and technology. The “global culture” phenomenon is nowadays a common concept spread through the mass media, namely television, films and the internet. However, cultural differences persist despite globalization.
As English language teachers, we are aware that language and culture are two indivisible entities, that is to say, the cultural aspects are part of foreign language learning. The main problem the learner faces is the present day development of global culture, since this seemingly international behavior makes it difficult to identify the values that lay within a society’s internal culture. Given the complexity of this concept, we firmly believe that we must help our students identify more subjective cultural nuances that remain unnoticed or in the background, so we can break away from stereotypes.
Television is a window into the values of a society. It is also an effective and powerful tool for language learning, both from the linguistic and cultural angle. Bearing all this in mind, we propose a pedagogical approach to carry out a cultural awareness exercise that enable the students understand the values of the American society as portrayed in the situation comedy FriendsSun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10553/112032012-01-01T00:00:00Z